Want to activate your Nothing phone (1) screen with face unlock? But unfortunately faces an error “Face Not recognized try again later”. Besides this, there are several other errors as per user’s reports such as “No face found” or “camera is blocked” etc. Yes, all these errors have been found on Nothing Phone (1) while activating the face recognition feature.
We have come up with this detailed guide that includes several tested solutions that might help you resolve this issue. Therefore you are required to follow this guide to the end to get the face recognition issue resolved on your Nothing Phone (1).
How To Fix Nothing Phone (1) Face Unlock Not Working? Multiple Fixes
Nothing Phone (1) has made its appearance with a unique design that feels different from other smartphones. As far as the design is concerned, the phone looks pretty good and amazing. But related to its software, there are some bugs that are encountered by many users at the time of activating face unlock. These errors reflect the following:
- Face not recognized try again later.
- Face not found
- Camera is Blocked
Hence to fix these kinds of errors on your Nothing Phone (1), you need to follow the below fixes in detail. We will start with updating your phone software.
Update the software
While facing any kind of issues on your smartphone, you should consider updating the software in the first place. This is because the manufacturer is already aware of the bugs available in the recent version of software running on your smartphone that has been reported by many of the users before.
Therefore, the updates are launched often with improved security and other functions. Downloading and installing recent updates on your smartphone would remove the bugs.
Here are the steps below to update your Nothing Phone (1):
- Head over to the “Settings”.
- Secondly, tap “System”.
- Further, tap on “Software Update”.
- Now, it will start checking for recent updates and if available will notify you.
- After that, simply tap on “download and install” and wait for the process to complete.
- Once, the updates are successfully installed, now your Nothing Phone (1) will run the latest version of the software.
Now, check whether the face unlock recognition feature is working fine or not. If you still facing an issue with it, then head over to the below fixes.
Soft Reset
Many of the issues that occur in your smartphone are due to a minor software interruption. These can be very very eliminated by performing a simple soft reset on your smartphone.
You can find the steps below to soft reset your Nothing Phone (1):
- Simply, press and hold the “Power” key to activate the power options menu.
- Now, tap on the “Power OFF” option.
- Wait until your phone switches OFF completely.
- Once, the phone is powered OFF, now press and hold the “Power” key to turn it ON again.
Deactivate and Remove Old Face Data
Before going to deactivate, you need to check whether the face unlock for the screen is enabled on your smartphone or not.
- Head over to the “Settings”.
- Next, type “Face unlock” in the search bar and tap the face unlock option to access the face unlock settings.
- Further, proceed with typing in the PIN/Password or pattern you have set to enter the face unlock settings.
- Now, check whether the “face unlock” option is enabled or not.
In case it is enabled and still you encounter the error with face recognition, then deactivate it. After disabling the face recognition, remove the old face data.
Here is how you can do that,
- Head over to the “Settings”.
- Next, type “Face unlock” in the search bar and tap the face unlock option to access the face unlock settings.
- Further, proceed with typing in the PIN/Password or pattern you have set to enter the face unlock settings.
- Now, tap on the “Remove face data” option to delete the old face data record.
After deactivating and removing the old face data, now set up the new face data by following the below methods.
Add New Face Data
Since you have removed the old face data, now you need to add the new face data by following the process from the beginning.
- Head over to the “Settings”.
- Next, find and tap “Security”.
- Further, tap the “Face Unlock” option. (Note that the Face unlock falls in a category of biometrics and works in a combination of other screen lock types such as “Pattern”, “PIN”, and “Password”. So if you have not set any of those, then set and choose one of them to work in combination with face unlock.
- Finally, tap the “Set FaceID” and further follow the provided on-screen instructions to complete the face data registration process.
- Once, the process is successfully completed, now also make sure that the face unlock option is enabled for screen unlock.
Hopefully, now you will be able to unlock your Nothing Phone (1) with the face recognition method onwards. If the problem still persists, then you should go for performing a hard reset on your smartphone.
Factory Reset
Performing a Factory Reset will restore your Nothing Phone (1) to factory default settings. The settings your phone was operating at the time of unboxing. These settings are by default set by the manufacturer.
After facing any kind of issue on your smartphone, the factory resetting method will help you resolve all these issues by restoring all the settings to default. but there are a few things, you need to consider when performing a hard reset on your smartphone
- Back up the data available on your phone.
- charge your phone.
This method wipes all the data available on your phone and hence you will not be able to access your data anymore if you haven’t back it up before the process.
Here is how you can perform a factory reset on Nothing Phone (1):
- Head over to the “Settings”.
- Next, tap “System”.
- Scroll down to the bottom and tap the “Reset options”.
- Among all the reset options, choose “Erase All Data (Factory Reset)”.
- Now, it will show the data that will be erased after this process.
- Proceed by tapping the “Erase All Data” button at the bottom right corner of the screen to continue the process.
Wait for the factory resetting process to complete and then it will automatically reboot. The first boot will take some time, so be patient. Once, you see the welcome screen on your phone, now set your phone from the beginning accordingly along with face recognition.
Now, the face unlock will start working on your Nothing Phone (1).
Bonus Tip: Remove Smudges From the Front Camera of your Phone
You should make sure that the front camera is perfectly clear while using it for face recognition. If there are stains or smudges on your front camera, then it will result in face recognition not working.
Hence, you need to clean the front camera and it’s quite easy. Just get a piece of cloth or tissue paper in your hand and slowly rub that area (front camera) to clean it from smudges and stains.
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Conclusion
While facing issues regarding face recognition on your Nothing Phone (1), then you should opt for the above-mentioned fixes. All these fixes are discussed in detail along with easy-to-follow instructions that will help you resolve this issue.
Hopefully, by following this detailed guide, you will no longer encounter face recognition issues in your Nothing Phone (1).